A starboard bow view of the battleship Irresistible (1898) afloat in Chatham Reach, River Medway, immediately after her launch from No. 7 Covered Slip in Chatham Dockyard.
A starboard bow view of the battleship Irresistible (1898) afloat in Chatham Reach, River Medway, immediately after her launch from No. 7 Covered Slip in Chatham Dockyard. An anchor is suspended from her starboard forward hawse. Dockyard men in rowing boats are collecting tallow in the foreground. A note on the negative says the photographer is using Camera A.
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Object Details
ID: | N18720 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Adams, Edgar Tarry |
Vessels: | Irresistible (1898) |
Date made: | 15 December 1898 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm |